A Publication of the Coalition on Homelessness
By Arcenia Macedo Sixto
The moment I was able to understand as a child that I was considered an alien in the United States, my heart broke. I wondered why my three older siblings all held those important papers that made them special.
In 1999, my mother began her treacherous journey through disadvantaged and violent towns in Mexico, alone with a 2-year-old baby. She eventually had to connect with a coyote to cross the border.
original storypoem w/ accompanied collage art by Jason Hannan
On cusp dusky twilight, periwinkle wide – breaching highest cotton edge, our souls touched.
Tasked selling the Epic Triathloniversary, 45th & not in merchandise mood. I hadn’t been since the indigenous occupants’ diffusing back to their land after stand together.
I heard the Muscogee hymn from Trail of Tears throughout the moon phases & couldn’t cease it. Rattled me like birth.
By Jocelyn Radeny
Homelessness has become one of the biggest menaces that has hit quite a good number in the USA. What most of us do not know is that one of the causes of homelessness is privatization of Indigenous land. Years back, people would live in places of their choice without having to worry about human displacement or eviction. Many places in America have been home to different Native Nations over time.
By Alej (they/them)
Fleeing in the middle of the night,
who are we trying to be,
a band of coyotes?
but fearfully running to
the nearest place that would
take us, accept us.
It’s not that they wouldn’t accept us.
If we suggested to stay,
it only determined how much
she was willing to sacrifice. . .
All in the name of me. all. for. me.
(question myself; me?)
Did you make us leave because his truth
was so erratic, … READ MORE
by Terry Johnson
You are on Indigenous lands swimming in Indigenous waters looking up at Indigenous skies looking down at Indigenous water creatures There is no part of this place that was not is not cared for loved
Those who are not Indigenous to this land are Settlers
This does not mean being a part of peaceful settlement
It means being a part of settler-colonialism
where invaders came and never left
